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a part taken from a longer work
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In excerpts from his opening remarks, Rubio will lay aim at China—which outgoing President Joe Biden has also called a competitor but nevertheless sought to engage.
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Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 15 Jan. 2025
The New York Times’ deep dive into the accusations, which included excerpts of Baldoni and his team’s communications, is the subject of their $250 million lawsuit, filed on New Year’s Eve.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Below are excerpts from our conversation that have been edited for length and clarity.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Below, in an exclusive excerpt from her upcoming memoir, This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light (out Feb. 4), Holker details the devastating moment police arrived at her door to inform her Boss had died.
—Melody Chiu, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 15 Jan. 2025
The New York Times’ deep dive into the accusations, which included excerpts of Baldoni and his team’s communications, is the subject of their $250 million lawsuit, filed on New Year’s Eve.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Below are excerpts from our conversation that have been edited for length and clarity.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Below, in an exclusive excerpt from her upcoming memoir, This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light (out Feb. 4), Holker details the devastating moment police arrived at her door to inform her Boss had died.
—Melody Chiu, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Containing more than 100 original artifacts, the installation features quotations from the Franks, along with objects from their personal histories: furniture, friendship albums, correspondence, a Torah.—
Laurel Graeber,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Some of the messages in his work are explicit, writ large in huge quotations drawn from the writings of Richard Rohr, Dorothy Day, St. Therese and others.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2025
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The set comes with 24 pairs of masks, which are formulated with hyaluronic acid, rosemary leaf extract, and other ingredients that help brighten and hydrate skin.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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As manufacturers phase out the dye, products featuring its vivid red color may look noticeably different or switch to alternatives like Red Dye No. 40, beet juice, or paprika extract.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement California has a unique property tax system inaugurated by the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Instruments must capture the light spectrum both before and during the planet’s passage across the star, according to Daniel Apai, a University of Arizona researcher who helped design some of Pandora’s instrumentation.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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In a clip shared by his partner Imani Nicole Rucker on Instagram (@imanixnicole), Fountain is jumping rope, with many commending his commitment to forging a path to parenthood.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Half of his face was painted with bright pink lipstick in the clip, while more makeup was smeared all over his nose and eyes.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cole Ellison, 28, of Worchester Street in Siloam Springs was released from custody on citation after his arrest.—
Tracy Neal,
arkansasonline.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Creole Soul Restaurant and Bar, 2026 Broadway in Sacramento, had 10 citations on Wednesday, Jan. 15.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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The song first went viral when Ball played a snippet for streamer N3on, exemplifying streaming’s increasingly vital role in hip-hop discovery.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025
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In addition to not revealing images of Count Orlok until Monday, Focus Features was careful not to release any snippets of the character’s voice.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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